Drug-related Terms and Slang

Spotting Conversations About Drugs

Are you worried that a child might be experimenting with or even addicted to drugs? Of course, there will be physical signs to help you uncover any illicit drug use, but understanding how dealers and users talk online is a useful tool to have in your parenting toolkit.

Terms That Suggest Cannabis Use

As cannabis is easy to obtain and most teenagers start out experimenting with it, our first list is dedicated to cannabis-related terms. These terms could suggest the person:

• Is part of a conversation about cannabis use.
• Is using cannabis.
• Is hiding inappropriate activity.

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Term and Meaning	Image
420 Cannabis
420 FRIENDLY User of Cannabis or Tolerant of Cannabis Use
BABYSITTING Hogging the Cannabis Joint When Passing it Around
BAKE To Smoke or Prepare Cannabis
BAKED Stoned
BHO Butane Hash Oil
BLAZE To Smoke Cannabis
BLAZED Stoned
BLAZING Smoking Weed
BLEM High on Cannabis
BLIM A Piece of Cannabis
BLUEBERRY Form of Cannabis
BONG Water Pipe for Smoking
BOWL The Bowl of a Cannabis Pipe
BUD Cannabis
BUN To Smoke Cannabis
CBD Cannabidiol
CHRONIC High Quality Cannabis
CROW Cannabis
CUSH Top Quality Cannabis
DANK Very Potent Cannabis
DEN Hideout to Make or Use Drugs
DIME Measure of Drugs
DIRT Low Quality Cannabis
DOOBIE Cannabis Joint
DOPE Cannabis
DRO Hydroponically Grown Cannabis (i.e. without soil)
DUB SACK 20-Dollar Bag of Cannabis
ELBOW A Pound of Cannabis
ERB Cannabis (from "herb")
FOOD Cannabis
GANJ Cannabis (from GANJA
GANJA Cannabis
GRASS Cannabis
HASH Cannabis
HAZE Type of Cannabis (Purple Haze)
HENRY One-Eighth
HERB Cannabis
HOTBOX Smoke a Drug in a Confined Space
HUFF Low Grade Cannabis
HYDRO Hydroponically Grown Cannabis
JOINT Cannabis Cigarette
KILLA High Quality Cannabis
KRAM To Smoke Weed
KUSH High Grade Cannabis (Hindu Kush variety)
LEAF Cannabis
LID Ounce of Cannabis
LOUD Good Quality Cannabis
MARY JANE Cannabis
MAUI WOWIE Cannabis from Hawaii
MEX Low-grade Cannabis from Mexico
MID Medium-grade Cannabis
NICKEL Measure of Drugs
MOTA Cannabis
NUG High Quality Bud of Cannabis
PIF Cannabis
PINNER Thin Cannabis Cigarette
PUFF Cannabis
PUKKA Cannabis Flower
PURPLE Strong cannabis (Purple Haze variety)
REEFER Cannabis Joint
REGGIE Regular-grade Cannabis (derogatory)
REGS Regular-grade Cannabis (derogatory)
RES Cannabis Resin
ROACH Tip of a Joint
SCHWAG Low-grade Cannabis
SEEDS Cannabis Seeds
SES Cannabis
SHATTER Concentrated Cannabis Extract
SOG Sea of Green (cannabis growing)
SKUNK Very Potent Cannabis
SPLIFF Cigarette Made from a Mix of Cannabis and Tobacco
SWED Smoke Weed Every Day
TAV Cannabis
TEETH One-Sixteenth of an Ounce
THC Tetrahydrocannabinol
ZIP An Ounce of Cannabis
ZONG Bong with a Zed-Shaped Tube
ZONKED High
ZOOT Spliff or Joint

Multiple Terms Probably Spell Trouble

In isolation, some of these terms could be innocent. For example:

• There will be lots of cake at the party.
• I am going to buy some skittles.

However, if one of more of these terms are used (especially if the context seems odd), then you should investigate. For example:

• There will be lots of cake and Tina at the party.
• I am going to buy some skittles from the candyman.

Terms That Suggest Serious Drug Use (Class A)

It is worth learning the following terms as they could suggest the person:

• Is part of a conversation about Class A drugs.
• Is using Class A drugs.
• Is hiding inappropriate activity.

Term and Meaning	Image
ACID LSD
ALICE Magic Mushrooms
BASE Methamphetamine
BASER Drug User
BEANS Ecstasy
BLOW Cocaine
BLOWN High
BLUES Opioid Drug
BOOMERS Magic Mushrooms
BOOMS Magic Mushrooms
BRICK Kilogramme of Drugs
BROWN Heroin
BUBBLE Powdered Drugs
BUGLE Cocaine
BUNDLE Heroin
CAKE Kilogramme of Cocaine
CANDYMAN Drug Dealer
CAPS Magic Mushrooms
CHARLIE Cocaine
CHEESE Starter Heroin
CHICKEN Kilogram of Cocaine
CID LSD (from "acid")
COKE Cocaine
CRYS Crystal Meth
CRACK Type of Cocaine
DMT Di-Methyl Tryptamine
DOG FOOD Heroin
DOWNER Depressant Drug
DPT Dipropyltryptamine
DRONE Mephedrone (Synthetic Stimulant)
DUST Angel Dust, Phencyclidine (PCP)
E Ecstasy
ECSTASY Stimulant Drug
FADED To Be High
FIX An Amount of Drugs from One Session
FRIED High on Drugs
GHB Gamma Hydroxybutyrate
GLASS Crystal Meth
GO FAST Methamphetamine
GOOG Ecstasy Pill
HENRY One-Eighth
HOP Heroin
HORSE Heroin
HUFF Sniff Chemicals
HYPO Hypodermic Needle
ICE Methamphetamine
JELLY-ROLL Heroin
JIFFED Cocaine
JUNKIE Addict
KEY Kilogramme of Drugs
KI Kilogramme of Drugs
KITCHEN Illicit Drugs Factory
KNOCKED Caught Selling Drugs
LEMMO Cocaine
LEMO Cocaine
LICKED Drunk or High
LIFTED High on Drugs
LINE A Line of Drugs (Powdered)
LSA D-Lysergic Acid Amide (a type of drug like LSD)
LSD D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
M Mephedrone
M-CAT MEPHEDRONE
MANDY Powdered or Crystallized MDMA
MDA MDMA or Ecstasy
MDMA Methylenedioxy-Methylamfetamine (Ecstasy)
MEOW-MEOW MEPHEDRONE
MEPHEDRONE Synthetic Stimulant
METH Methamphetamine
MIP Minor In Possession
MOLLY Powdered or Crystallized MDMA
MULE Person Who Carries Drugs for Someone Else
MUSHIES Magic Mushrooms
O Ounce of Drugs
OD Overdose
OIL BURNER Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine
ONION Ounce of Drugs
P Methamphetamine
P&P Party and Play
PASTE Methamphetamine
PCP Phencyclidine
PIE Kilo of Drugs
PIZZO Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine
PLUG >Contact, Drug Dealer
POOKIE Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine
POPPER Amyl Nitrate
PRIMO Marijuana Joint Laced with Cocaine
PURE Methamphetamine
PUSH To sell drugs
QP Quarter Pound of Drugs
RAIL A line of cocaine (US)
ROCK Crack Cocaine
ROLL Being High on Ecstasy
SHROOMS Magic Mushrooms
SID LSD
SIZZLE Oxycontin
SKI Snort Cocaine
SKI INSTRUCTOR Cocaine Dealer
SKITTLES Drugs
SLICE Eighth of An Ounce of Drugs
SMACK Heroin
SNIFF Cocaine
SOFT Powdered Cocaine
SPECIAL K Ketamine
SPEED Methamphetamine
SPUN High on Hallucinogens
TEETH One-Sixteenth of an Ounce
TINA Crystal Meth
TRIPPING Under the Influence of Drugs
TWEAK High on Drugs
WATER Joint Dipped in Formaldehyde or PCP
WAX Methamphetamine
WET Marijuana Joint Dipped in Formaldehyde or PCP
XTC Ecstasy

Other Drug-Related Terms

Term and Meaning	Image
LIT High
TRAP Place Drugs Are Manufactured or Sold
TRAP-HOUSE House at Which Drugs Are Manufactured or Sold